Kerchief retainer



1950 J. 1. KUNTZ 2,516,999

KERCHIEF RETAINER Filed April 14, 1949 Inventor James I. Kunrz By QMPatented Aug. 1, 1950 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a clasp of the barrette type and has for itsprimary object to securely retain a kerchief or similar head protectiveor decorative scarf in the desired position and to thereby prevent thekerchief from slipping off the head.

A meritorious feature of this invention resides in the provision of ahair fastener of the barrette type having a clamping tongue and catchmeans for retaining the tongue in its closed position and in theprovision of means carried by the hair fastener for engaging andanchoring a kerchief on the head.

These and ancillary objects and other features of merit are attained bythis invention, a preferred embodiment of which is set forth in thefollowing description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein:

Figure 1 is a view in perspective;

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Figure 3 is a bottom plan view; and

Figure 4 is a cross-sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring now to the accompanying drawing,

this invention, generally designated by the character reference It],includes a bar or body member l2 which is longitudinally curved toconform to the contour of the head, and which is formed on its underside with a series of teeth l4. A tongue it, formed from a single pieceof spring wire, includes parallel arms l8 and 20, which have inturnedends pivotally secured in a pivot lug 22 formed integrally at one end ofthe bar. A catch 24 is formed integrally at the opposing end of the barand is adapted to receive the free end 26 of the tongue, the free endbeing constricted and extended beyond the end of the bar.

The foregoing elements constitute a conVentional type of barrette, whichis used to retain the hair in place. To this conventional structure isadded a kerchief anchoring device 28 so that the barrette serves in adual capacity as a hair fastener and a scarf retainer. The device 28includes a body member formed from a single piece of wire 39 which ispreferably U-shaped and has opposing parallel legs 32 and 34. The latterare formed with upwardly curved pointed extremities 3B and 38, the legsbeing secured on the upper side of the bar I 2 adjacent theirextremities in a conventional manner.

It can be appreciated that the ends 36 and 38 will penetrate the edge ofa kerchief and retain it in place. Of course any type of hair fastenercan be used and the kerchief retainer can be formed in any shape andwith only one or any number of pointed ends.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a kerchief retainer, a hair engaging clasp, a U-shaped wire memberhaving its legs superimposed transversely on said clasp and havingupwardly curved end prongs on its legs, said end prongs being disposedadjacent to the clasp.

2. In a kerchief retainer, a hair engaging clasp having a back section,a U-shaped wire member disposed transversely on the back section, theweb of the wire member lying in a plane below the back section and beingdisposed rearwardly thereof, and the legs of the member terminating inprong ends extending forwardly of the back section and lying in a planeabove the back section and legs.

JAMES I. KUNTZ.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 620,502 Roland Feb. .28, 18992,081,317 Wilson May 25, 1937 2,083,614 McPhee June 15, 1937

